diff --git a/package/kexec/kexec.mk b/package/kexec/kexec.mk
index 9c4ead42b2..6d279a1dc5 100644
--- a/package/kexec/kexec.mk
+++ b/package/kexec/kexec.mk
@@ -52,15 +52,15 @@ $(KEXEC_DIR)/.configured: $(KEXEC_DIR)/.unpacked
 	);
 	touch $@
 
-$(KEXEC_DIR)/$(KEXEC_BINARY): $(KEXEC_DIR)/.configured
+$(KEXEC_DIR)/objdir-$(GNU_TARGET_NAME)/build/sbin/$(KEXEC_BINARY): $(KEXEC_DIR)/.configured
 	$(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) $(MAKE) CC=$(TARGET_CC) -C $(KEXEC_DIR)
-	$(STRIP) -s $@
+	touch -c $@
 
-$(TARGET_DIR)/$(KEXEC_TARGET_BINARY): $(KEXEC_DIR)/$(KEXEC_BINARY)
+$(TARGET_DIR)/$(KEXEC_TARGET_BINARY): $(KEXEC_DIR)/objdir-$(GNU_TARGET_NAME)/build/sbin/$(KEXEC_BINARY)
 	cp -dpf $(KEXEC_DIR)/objdir-$(GNU_TARGET_NAME)/build/sbin/$(KEXEC_BINARY) \
 		$(KEXEC_DIR)/objdir-$(GNU_TARGET_NAME)/build/sbin/kdump \
 		$(TARGET_DIR)/sbin/
-	touch -c $@
+	$(STRIP) -s $(TARGET_DIR)/sbin/k{exec,dump}
 
 kexec: uclibc $(TARGET_DIR)/$(KEXEC_TARGET_BINARY)